Originally Posted by
Lighteningspeed
I agree with you. If flowthru continues, Pinnacle pilots and Mesaba pilots should integrate immediately 1 for 1 based on seniority percentage and allow Pinnacle pilots to flowup as well. But I think what will happen is flowthru will end at the end of 2010 for everyone at Mesaba. Compass pilots, I am not sure but their flowthru I heard at the Mesaba HQ is that it will also end if it hasn't begun yet. That's why Compass was sold so cheap to TSA. This is what I heard from upstairs but not confirmed 100%.
Great post...
Many Pinnacle pilots would be much more supportive of a 1 for 1 percentage merge (and doing away with the 2 for 1 LOA) if we got something out of it like a flowthrough...
Unfortunately from everything I've seen coming from Corp., it still seems like they're going to try to asset transfer jets and staff with "preferential" new hires on year 1 9E seniority...
The only fact we know right now is that Mesaba and Colgan's certificates are mergine, and Mesaba and Colgan's lists will have to be merged b/c of that.
If the "new XJ" then integrates with 9E at a later date, you'll have Colgan senior pilots who might end up flowing before a 9E guy...
Another issue--what happens if we ever get a contract and get our long-awaited bonus checks? If our MEC trys to do a W2-based method again, you're going to have XJ pilots getting XJ longevity on 9E payscales...if we merge, you could set up for a situation where XJ pilots axe any TA that solely gives bonus money to 9E pilots....
What a CF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!